# Lamour (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lamour/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,140 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,543 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 270,829 people |
| Change since 2000 | +29% (881 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lamor, Damour, Damor, Amour, Amor |

## Etymology

From French Lamour, from L'Amour, from l'+amour (“love”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lamour in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lamour in the United States.

## People named Lamour

- Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (1914-1996)
- Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (1908–1988)
- Lexi Lamour, American pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Lamar, Lamere, Lamarre, Lamarr, Lanier, Lenoir, Lemire, Lehner, Lemaire, Liner, Lemmer, Lemar.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.